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Show HN: Chawan TUI web browser

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387 points shiomiru | 1 comments | 16 Jun 25 20:48 UTC | HN request time: 0.214s | source

A terminal-based web browser in Nim.[1] Has acceptable (YMMV) CSS rendering, some JS support, and inline images (sixel/kitty). It can also use various protocols other than http(s) such as (s)ftp, gopher, gemini, ...

Chawan started out as a w3m clone, and the UI still resembles it. However, the architecture has turned out quite different, with pages loaded in separate processes, and protocol/file type handling separated out into external binaries. An interesting result is that you can even register decoders for custom inline image formats, although practical use cases of this are rather minimal.

There is a gallery showcasing some websites being rendered here: https://chawan.net/gallery/index.html

[1]: https://nim-lang.org

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poulpy123 ◴[17 Jun 25 09:08 UTC] No.44297112[source]▶
always nice to see something written in nim. In my very novice eyes, it is the most interesting language that is situated between C/C++ and python. It's a pity it never took off. The productivity of its users compared to the userbase size always made me think I'm right even if I'm far to be knowledgeable enough on the topic
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1. pancsta ◴[17 Jun 25 14:19 UTC] No.44299580[source]▶
Nim(rod) was released soon before Golang, and the overlap in features probably stopped the former one.